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outpost

4

twig; spray

1

military history; military annals

4

unprecedented; never seen before

2

luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant

1

Anglo-Satsuma War (1863); Bombardment of Kagoshima

2

artillery; gunner

26

Nozu Shizuo

2

assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)

1

Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)

1

army commander

1

(field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army

3

marquis; marquess

2

to be lacking in options; to be too few

1

by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand; by extension

1

town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area

5

Kyoto style; urbanity; refinement

1

city planning; urban planning; town planning

1

intersection on a go board; grid layout (e.g. of streets); grid pattern

1

kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer

1

street fighting; urban warfare

3

commander-in-chief; supreme commander; captain (of a team)

1

craftsman; artisan; workman; carpenter

1

Yamada Akiyoshi (1844.11.18-1892.11.11)

1

major general; rear admiral; air commodore

5

executive; government; administration; governance; the authorities

1

to turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter

1

Minister of Justice

1

successive jobs; consecutive jobs

1

Miura Gorou (1846-1926)

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battalion

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battalion commander

1

lieutenant general (army)

1

Satsuma Rebellion (1877)

4

garrison (in Meiji era)

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company commander

1

First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)

3

Port Arthur

4

subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion

4

one-eyed hero

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Yamaji Motoharu (?-1897.10.3)

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compared to

2

mobile; moveable

1

eight-tenths; ostracism; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg

1

national flag of Japan

6

international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan

1

government forces; government troops

5

container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in

1

hard-line policy; tough measure

1

personal struggle

1